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County land record systems are critical infrastructure with single points of failure. When they go offline, property markets don't slow down. They stop. Recovery is measured in weeks. The pattern keeps repeating because the underlying architecture hasn't changed. Most counties still run on siloed systems with no redundancy, no interoperability, and no continuity plan beyond "wait for IT to restore from backup." Colorado's grants are a start. But modernization isn't just digitization. It's rethinking how county records infrastructure is designed from the ground up so that one attack doesn't take an entire property market offline.

Meanwhile, Colorado is doing something about it. The Electronic Recording Technology Board awarded $2.5M+ in grants to 22 counties for land records modernization.

"We're not doing any real estate work right now. We just can't. We don't have access to our records." - Winona County Recorder Bob Bambenek Ransomware hit Winona County on January 22. Three weeks later, they still couldn't record documents digitally.

@ElizabethHolmes We are building Palantir for land and property ownership data.

@brian_armstrong @base Let’s chat about what @balconytech could build on @base ….

What are folks building on @base this week? Will check out a few projects

“Meeting regulatory standards is essential for bringing real estate onchain. The @chainlink Runtime Environment delivers the secure and compliant execution layer that allows Balcony—the largest government-sourced global platform for real estate tokenization—to stream authenticated property data onchain and enable compliant digital real estate markets,” - Gregg Lester, Co-CEO, President of Balcony blog.chain.link/chainlink-inst…

@PropyInc @Inman @NataliePropy Congrats guys

🏆PROPY wins 2025 Inman Best of Proptech - Transaction & Brokerage Innovation! This award celebrates innovation in property technology that's transforming the residential real estate landscape. Thank you to @inman for spotlighting our work in Transaction & Brokerage Innovation. Our AI reads title in seconds, writes offers in minutes, underwrites in hours - then settles onchain with crypto. Grateful for the spotlight on real AI innovation. The future just went full autopilot! #InmanProptech

@RobinhoodApp We are looking forward to partnering with you on the tokenization of real estate one day soon.

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Balcony is proud to be named a finalist in the U.S. Army xTechSearch 9 Competition, underscoring our commitment to protecting U.S. land near critical infrastructure.

Co-CEO of @balconytech, @Cryptodamus44, just put New Jersey's land records on-chain, the largest blockchain deed initiative in US history.

Balcony honors the men and women who served our nation. Happy Veterans Day.

Balcony will be at SmartCon 2025 in NYC Don’t miss Balcony Co-CEO Dan Silverman take the stage with leaders from Ondo Finance, Tradeable, Superstate, and VanEck to discuss the emergence of a new onchain financial system. Architecting the Onchain Financial System on November 5th at 1 PM

Balcony is excited to announce our partnership with @chainlink to use Chainlink's Runtime Environment(CRE), enabling ~$240B worth of property onchain. Our Keystone platform unifies government-backed property data into a single, verifiable system, underlining our deep commitment to support local and state governments.

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“Ransomware attacks are increasing by some estimates more than 100% year over year, targeting the public sector with alarming frequency.” Disconnected legacy systems that counties and municipalities currently use, are the cracks in the foundation of land records keeping. These systems are vulnerable to the sophisticated cyber threats of today’s world, putting every property owner at risk. Balcony’s Co-CEO and Chief Visionary Officer Dan Silverman addresses the escalating risks that local and state governments face today and how to prevent disaster before it happens.

We will be in attendance of the 2025 New Jersey Municipal Management Association(NJMMA) Fall Conference on September 25-26th in Red Bank, NJ. Be sure to stop by our booth to learn how we’re helping municipalities.

In 2024, at least 117 U.S. state and local governments were hit with ransomware attacks, risking leaked data, identity theft, and fraudulent claims. Blockchain technology prevents fraud by maintaining a tamper-proof, verifiable record of transactions, allowing governments to restore data from the network and speed up services. We look to the federal government to set a clear standard for digital asset regulations to foster innovation, protect consumers, and target fraud without hindering businesses. Read the op-ed by Balcony Co-CEO @Cryptodamus44 usatoday.com/story/opinion/…